Plant Accountant

Robert Half • Lebanon, OH • 5h ago

Description We are looking for a Plant Accountant to support financial and payroll operations at our manufacturing facility in Ohio. This role combines plant-level accounting, accounts payable, and hourly payroll administration while helping ensure accurate reporting, compliance, and timely month-end close activities. The ideal candidate brings strong attention to detail, sound analytical ability, and experience working across accounting and payroll processes in a fast-paced production environment.

Responsibilities:

Manage day-to-day plant accounting activities, including invoice handling, payable processing, and support for routine financial transactions.

Prepare month-end accrual details for outstanding liabilities and coordinate required information with the corporate finance team.

Reconcile vendor statements, investigate unusual account activity, and resolve billing or payment issues with suppliers.

Administer payroll and timekeeping for hourly employees, including overtime review, deductions, taxes, benefit-related updates, and backup payroll support as needed.

Respond to questions related to wage garnishments, review contract labor timesheets for accuracy, and maintain employee schedules and supervisor assignments within the timekeeping system.

Complete monthly sales and use tax filings and assist with standard close entries and other period-end accounting tasks.

Analyze labor, material, and scrap variances against standards, then communicate findings and concerns to appropriate operational partners.

Review non-capital plant requisitions for coding accuracy, track open purchase commitments and spending, and route requests to designated approvers.

Perform balance sheet reconciliations, submit journal entry requests within established deadlines, and research budget-to-actual variances to identify root causes and correct miscoded expenses.

Provide ad hoc financial analysis and contribute to annual budgeting and monthly forecasting efforts to support plant leadership decision-making. Requirements - 3+ years of experience in accounting, payroll, or a related finance role within a manufacturing or industrial environment.

Hands-on experience processing full-cycle payroll, including multi-state payroll, taxes, overtime, and employee deductions.

Working knowledge of accounts payable processes such as invoice entry, vendor reconciliation, and three-way matching.

Familiarity with payroll and business systems such as ADP Workforce Now, Paycor, or QAD.

Ability to support payroll populations ranging from 100 to 500+ employees, including experience with union or contract workforce time review where applicable.

Strong understanding of general ledger activity, account reconciliations, accruals, and month-end close procedures.

Proficiency in spreadsheet analysis and the ability to investigate financial variances and present clear explanations.

Strong communication and organizational skills with a high level of accuracy and follow-through.

Robert Half is the world's first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.

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